Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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десет +‎ -ник, literally "one who leads a group of ten".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /děsetniːk/
  • Hyphenation: де‧сет‧ник

Noun

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дѐсетнӣк m (Latin spelling dèsetnīk)

  1. (military, army) corporal
    Synonyms: (Serbia) десетар, (Bosnia) каплар
  2. (military, navy) petty officer second class
  3. (military, Ancient Rome) decurion

Declension

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Further reading

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  • десетник”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024